Bracket.



PATENTED MAY 28, 1907.

F. B- SOUGEY.

BRACKET.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 5. 1906.

A WITNESSES: g I I 2 thereof disposed at an acute FRANK B. SOUOEY, OFCOLLEGEVIEW, NEBRASKA.

BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28, 1907.

Application filed July 5, 1906. Serial No. 324,875.

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK B. SoUoEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Collegeview, in the county of Lancaster and 5 State ofNebraska, have invented a new and useful Bracket, of whichspecification.

This invention has relation to brackets adapted to be used upon wallsand other fined surfaces for the purpose of supporting shelving,moldings, ornaments, etc.

The bracket. consists of two members which are of identical constructionand are hinged together. One member is provided with an elongatedopening and the opposite member is provided with a set screw whichpasses through said opening. The portion of the bracket having the setscrew bears laterally against the portion of the bracket provided withthe elongated opening and at such bearing surfaces corrugations or ribsare provided which are disposed transversely to the longitudinal axis ofsaid opening. The hinge is formed between the members of the bracket atthe apex or corner of the bracket and consequently, when the set screwis tightened, the said corrugations engage each ot ier and prevent thetendency of longitudinal slip of the hinged member of the bracket. Abracket so constructed may have its wall and shelf engaging edgesdisposed at right angles to each other or at acute or obtuse angles asfancy or occasion may require.

In the accom anying drawing :Figure 1 the following is a 5 is a sideelevation of the bracket with the members thereof disposed at rightangles to each other. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the bracket partlyin section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the bracket with the membersangle to each other. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the bracket with themembers thereof disposed at an obtuse angle to each other.

For the purposes of description the mem- 5 her 1 will be referred to asthe wall engaging {member of the bracket.

provided with the wall plate 2 having an integral brace portion 3 whichis provided with the elongated slot or perforation 4. The shelf engagingmember 5 is provided with a shelf plate 6 and the integral brace portion7. The portion 7 is provided with a set screw 8. Said screw passesthrough the perforation 4. The extreme inner faces of the portions 3 and7 are provided with the transversely disposed corrugations or ridges 9,the ridges of one member' of the bracket engaging the ridges of theopposite member when the set screw is tightened and thus preventing thepossibility of any tendency to longitudinal slip between the portions 3and 7. The members 1 and 5 are hinged together at the corner or apex ofthe bracket as at 10.

From the above description, it is obvious that the plates 2 and 6 may bedisposed at right angles to each other or that the said edges may besecured at acute or obtuse angles to each other. Such adjustment andvariation of angle is permitted by the overlapping of the ends ofportions 3 and 7 and the parts are firmly held in such adjusted positionby means of the set screw 8 and the corrugations 9 as above described.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is A bracket consisting of a wall plate and a shelfplate hinged together at one end, each of said plates being providedwith an integral brace section, the free ends of the brace sectionsbeing adapted to overlap, and means for adjustably connecting saidsections together.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature 1n the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK B. SOUCEY. Witnesses JOHN F. DAVIS, WILLIAM ONEILL. i

Said member is

